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Salt Lake OKs gay rights laws with Mormon backing

AP | JENNIFER DOBNER | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tansgender, Polygamy, Mormon Church, Housing, Civil Rights, Sexual Orientation, Employment, Transgendered, Lds Church, Gender, Utah, Gay Families, Religion, Gay Rights, Salt Lake City Council, Gender Identity, Same Sex Marriage, Salt Lake City, Marriage Laws, Lesbians, Sexual Preference, Anti-Discrimination Law, Gays, Anti-Discrimination, Lds, Family, Politics News

SALT LAKE CITY — The Mormon church for the first time has announced its support of gay rights legislation, an endorsement that helped gain unani...

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Raymond Jessop, Texas Polygamist Sect Member, Guilty Of Sex Assault

AP | MICHELLE ROBERTS | Posted 11.06.2009 | Home

Read More: Raymond Jessop, Texas Polygamist Sect, Polygamy, Texas, Polygamists, Home News

ELDORADO, Texas — The first polygamist sect member to face criminal trial following last year's raid at the Yearning For Zion Ranch in West Texa...

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India: Man Arrested On Polygamy Allegations

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.27.2009 | World

Read More: Accused of Polygamy, Muslim Weddings, India, Polygamy, Polygamist, Hindu Weddings, India Marriage, India Weddings, Indian Man Arrested, Polygamy in India, World News

Tushar Waghmare, an airline engineer in Mumbai, has been arrested for polygamy after one of his six wives discovered he was married to another woman, ...

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Polyamory: The Newest Sexual Trend

newsweek.com | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Polygamy, Relationships, Polyamory, Sex, Women's Health, Straight, Men's Health, Cheating, Parenting, Gay, Love, Couples, Living News

Polyamory--relationships with multiple, mutually consenting partners--has a coming-out party....

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PRINCE ZIMBOO'S 999 WIVES: Wait, What?

newser.com | (Jun 5, 09 9:45 CDT) | Posted 07.06.2009 | Home

Read More: Polygamy, Prince Zimboo, Prince Zimboo 999 Wives, 999 Wives, Zimboo, 999 Wivies, Home News

An up-and-coming player in the genre of "hipster world music",Prince Zimboo Abakunamabooba is an African hip-hopper with 999 wives--or is he?...

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Omnigamy, anyone?

Jane Minogue | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Omnigamy, Polygamy, Samuel Delaney, Medieval, Human Sexuality, Stephanie Coontz, Polygamists, Bigamy, Marriage, California Gay Marriage, Evan Wolfson, Abraham Lincoln, Animal Sexuality, Bestiality, Love, Gay Marriage, Andrew Cherlin, Charlemagne, Living News
Jane Minogue

Stop debating whether or not gay marriage will open the door to polygamy and bestiality, and understand that marriage is an ever-changing arrangement to meet individual, social, cultural, and religious needs.

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Black Hebrew Polygamists Begin To Gain Acceptance In Israel

GlobalPost | Stephanie Rice | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

Read More: Veganism, Polygamy, Black Hebrew Polygamists, Black Hebrews, Israelis, Vegans, Foreign Affairs, Vegan, Israel, Polygamists, Advocacy, World News

By Stephanie Rice DIMONA, Israel -- As a young African-American man in late 1970s Chicago, Atur Yirmeyahu was contemplating the fairly standard dile...

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Women's Rights, Rape and Religion

Carol Hoenig | Posted 05.20.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Lds, Religion, Polygamy, Islamic Radicalism, Bible, Afghan Rape Law, Oprah, Afghanistan, Koran, Fundamentalists, Extremism, Women's Rights, World News
Carol Hoenig

For our Afghanistan sisters escaping from a domineering marriage can mean possible death without punishment for the husband since the government recognizes Islamic law as the law of the land.

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Prairie Dress Fashion: Oprah Asks FLDS Teens About Their Clothes (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 04.30.2009 | Style

Read More: Oprah Winfrey, Polygamy, Yearning for Zion Dresses, Oprah, Polygamist Ranch Dresses, Yearning for Zion Ranch, Oprah FLDS, Fashion, Flds, Prairie Dresses, Style News

As part of her hour-long special from the FLDS Yearning for Zion ranch, Oprah talked to a group of teenage girls about their lives and asked them abou...

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Oprah Asks Polygamist Women To Explain Their Hair: "It's The Style"

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 04.30.2009 | Style

Read More: Oprah Polygamist Ranch, Video, Oprah Winfrey, Polygamy, Flds, Oprah, FLDS Hair, Oprah FLDS Hair, Yearning for Zion Ranch, Oprah Polygamy, Oprah FLDS, Style News

Oprah Winfrey spent Monday's show with exclusive access to the FLDS Yearning for Zion ranch in Texas, including interviews with many residents, polyga...

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Big Love Wife Watch!: Round Ten (The Season Finale)

Mark Blankenship | Posted 04.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Chloe Sevigny, Polygamy, Big Love Wife Watch, Hbo, Big Love, Drama, Bill Paxton, Mormons, Mormonism, Entertainment News
Mark Blankenship

It's time to say goodbye to another season of the greatest drama currently on television. Yes, you guys. That's exactly what it is, and the finale proved why.

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Big Love Wife Watch!: Round Nine (With the Controversial Endowment Ceremony scene)

Mark Blankenship | Posted 04.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Chloe Sevigny, Polygamy, Big Love Wife Watch, Hbo, Rituals, Big Love, Mormons, Bill Paxton, Mormonism, Entertainment News
Mark Blankenship

I've taken an extra day to process this week's installment -- "Outer Darkness" -- because it's the most controversial of the season (if not the series.)

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The Children Of The Polygamy Sect: One Year Later

people.com | Alex Tresniowski | Posted 04.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Religion, Polygamy, Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Home News

When little Gloria Barlow feels happy, she makes a purring sound, "like she doesn't even know how to express it," says her mom, Nancy. But other times...

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Big Love Wife Watch! : Round Seven (Spoilers!)

Mark Blankenship | Posted 04.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Chloe Sevigny, Polygamy, Big Love Wife Watch, Hbo, Big Love, Mormons, Bill Paxton, Mormonism, Entertainment News
Mark Blankenship

You were never going to be First Wife, Kathy, even though Wanda wanted to cede her authority to you. But you will be missed.

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Big Love Wife Watch!: Round Six (Spoilers)

Mark Blankenship | Posted 03.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Chloe Sevigny, Polygamy, Big Love Wife Watch, Hbo, Big Love, Mormons, Bill Paxton, Mormonism, Entertainment News
Mark Blankenship

Before I go on, can I just reiterate that Big Love is the best drama on television right now?

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Big Love Wife Watch!: Round Three (Spoilers)

Mark Blankenship | Posted 03.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mormons, Bill Paxton, Polygamy, Chloe Sevigny, Big Love Wife Watch, Hbo, Big Love, Big Love Recap, Entertainment News
Mark Blankenship

Can I just say that I love Rhonda's fashion sense? She's traded compound clothes for decently normal streetwear, but she still rocks the polygamy hair, complete with mountainous bangs.

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The Big Review: Big Love Season 3, Ep. 2 (Spoilers)

Mark Blankenship | Posted 02.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Polygamy, Chloe Sevigny, Big Love Wife Watch, Hbo, Big Love, Cable Television, Bill Paxton, Mormons, Big Love Recap, Entertainment News
Mark Blankenship

I'll tell you one of the reasons I enjoy Big Love: The writers know how to give each episode a satisfying internal arc without sacrificing the sense of the big picture.

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Big Love Wife Watch!: Round Two (Spoiler Alert!)

Mark Blankenship | Posted 02.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Chloe Sevigny, Polygamy, Big Love Wife Watch, Hbo, Big Love, Mormons, Bill Paxton, TV Shows, Spoilers, Entertainment News
Mark Blankenship

Last week, almost everyone supported Margene, but she seemed to be sabotaging herself this week. Rolling over to play "Mommy" for no apparent reason? What's her damage?

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"Big" Review: Big Love Season 3, Ep. 1. (Spoilers!)

Mark Blankenship | Posted 02.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Polygamy, Cable, Big Love Wife Watch, Hbo, Big Love, Bill Paxton, Mormons, Chloe Sevingy, Utah, Entertainment News
Mark Blankenship

It's been almost eighteen months, but it's finally time: Welcome back to Big Love, y'all. How do you like your crazy? Familial? Political? Surprisingly multi-ethnic?

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"Big Love" Returns: NYT Calls It "Exquisitely Plotted"

New York Times | Posted 02.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hbo, Big Love, Polygamy, Television, Entertainment News

Repulsion over polygamy is so ingrained in the American consciousness -- analogizing it to slavery, the Republican platform of 1856 called it one of t...

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Canada: Leaders Of Polygamist Group Arrested

AP | JEREMY HAINSWORTH | Posted 02.07.2009 | World

Read More: Polygamy, Blackmore Arrested, Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Warren Jeffs, Winston Blackmore, Canada Polygamy, Blackmore, Polygamous Community, Oler Arrested, James Oler, Canada, Bishop of Bountiful, Commune in Canada Leader in Prison, Polygamist Gets Arrested, Polygamous Cult Arrest in Canada, Flds Canada Arrest, Polygamist Canada, World News

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Two top leaders of a polygamous community in western Canada have been arrested and charged with practicing polygam...

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Why Are Gay Marriage Advocates Not Defending Polyamory?

Lee Stranahan | Posted 02.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Gay Marriage, Tammy Lynn Michaels, Melissa Etheridge, Polygamy, Ani Di Franco, Lindsay Lohan, David Crosby, Polyamory, Lindsay Lohan Samantha Ronson, Stephen Stills, Civil Rights, Neil Young, Living News
Lee Stranahan

I'm in favor of real marriage equality. Love the one you're with -- love the two or more you're with, if you can work that out. Marry them if you're into that kind of thing.

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Marriage, Polygamy and Gays

Patricia Nell Warren | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Civil Rights, California Gay Marriage, Polygamy, Mormon Prop 8, Doma, Mormons, Civil Unions, Polygamists, Defense of Marriage Act, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Patricia Nell Warren

The fact is, not one but three different factions want to get polygamy legalized. Each is basing its claim to religious freedom on its sacred book.

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Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

Andrea Moore-Emmett | Posted 11.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Polygamist Compound, Polygamy, Polygamist Compound Children, Living News
Andrea Moore-Emmett

What do you make of U.S.-born children who don't have the basics of an education? Or of children who have reportedly never seen a crayon?

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A Modest Proposal for the 21st Century

Marci Hamilton | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Texas FLDS Ruling, Law, Polygamy, Age of Consent, FLDS Raid, Underage Drinking and Driving, Rule of Law, Nambla, Flds, Polygamists, Politics News
Marci Hamilton

About 20% of boys, and 25% of girls, are sexually abused in the United States. If we were to ignore our age of consent laws, we could reduce those numbers dramatically. And why stop with the laws governing sex?

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